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STATES PATENT F rin CORNELIUS E. HAYNES, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO ELLIS DRAKE, OF STOUGHTON, AND HENRY A. BELOHER, OF RANDOLPH, MASS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE sTooLs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,028, dated December 5, 1876; application filed March 9, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS E. HAYNEs, of Boston, in the county ofSufl'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Stools, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification:

The object of my invention is to produce a portable stool or bench, for supporting washtubs, &c., which shall be light, strong, and compact, being applicable for easy convey ance, and which can be manufactured at a small expense.

I hereby declare that the following is a clear and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line as a: on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan with the legs folded. Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the legs broken off just under the top. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a leg, looking at right angles to Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a partial elevation of the leg similarto Fig. 4. I

A is a bench or table-top, having formed in its upper surface a series ot'circular grooves, (in a a, of diameters to fit different sizes of washtubs. On the under side of the top A are set three or more short sections of legs, B, the lower ends of which have secured to them metal ferrules b b I made tapering, as shown in Fig.5. 0 is the folding portion of the leg, provided at its upper end, with the metal 'socket d, firmly secured thereto, and made to lower or circumferential portion of the slots 6,

asshown in Figs. 2 and 4. D is a long hasp, attached by a staple and eye at one end to the under side of the top A, and provided with a hook at its other end, to engage with the staplef, also set in the under side of the top A, said hasp being used to hold the legs 0 G in position when folded, as shown in Fig. 3.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent J 1. A stool or table having a series of corrugations, a a, a, formed on the upper surface, and having short legs B, provided with ferrules b, staples c, in combination with legs 0, provided with metal sockets d d and slots 0, substantially as shown and described.

2. A stool or table having short legs B, provided with ferrules b, staples c, in combination with legs 0, provided with metal sock- -ets d d and slots e, substantially as herein set forth and described.

' CORNELIUS E. HAYNES. Witnesses:

CHAS. F. PAYNE, THOS. F. OURRIEn. 

